A dynamic living religion is a religion that is ever changing and alive in nature. The characteristics of a religion are beliefs and believers, rituals and ceremonies, sacred texts and ethics.
Christianity is a transcendent religion. This means ‘’beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience’’.The supernatural dimensions is a belief in the existence of beings or powers beyond the realm of the natural world. God is the unknown, yet God continually seeks to reveal himself to his creation. As with all religions, the religion must include four main characteristics for it to classified as a religion. These include beliefs, sacred text, ethics and ritual/ceremonies.
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Hills, rocks, waterholes, trees, plains, lakes, billabongs and other natural features can be sacred sites. In coastal and sea areas, sacred sites may include features which lie both and above the water.Often sacred sites are connected with Dreaming stories and may have significance to several tribal groups, they can also be ceremonial grounds, rock art galleries or deposits used for cultural practices.
Sacred sites often get their status from their association with particular aspects of Aboriginal social and cultural tradition. This body of tradition is mainly concerned with the activities of ancestral beings, collectively known as ‘Dreamings’ whose travels across the land and sea created the physical and social world that people now inhabit.
The Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of its creation, and it's great stories. The Dreamtime is the beginning of knowledge, from which came the laws of existence.The Aboriginal people believe that the earth and everything in it were made by their ancestral spirits. This is called the Dreamtime or the Dreaming. It was a time when the rivers, mountains, rocks, deserts and plants were made. The Dreamtime stories are an important part of the Aboriginal culture. The dreaming is the Aboriginals way of understanding the
Christianity is a transcendent religion. This means ‘’beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience’’.The supernatural dimensions is a belief in the existence of beings or powers beyond the realm of the natural world. God is the unknown, yet God continually seeks to reveal himself to his creation. As with all religions, the religion must include four main characteristics for it to classified as a religion. These include beliefs, sacred text, ethics and ritual/ceremonies.
An Example is Jesus breaks the bread. A transcendent religious …show more content…
Hills, rocks, waterholes, trees, plains, lakes, billabongs and other natural features can be sacred sites. In coastal and sea areas, sacred sites may include features which lie both and above the water.Often sacred sites are connected with Dreaming stories and may have significance to several tribal groups, they can also be ceremonial grounds, rock art galleries or deposits used for cultural practices.
Sacred sites often get their status from their association with particular aspects of Aboriginal social and cultural tradition. This body of tradition is mainly concerned with the activities of ancestral beings, collectively known as ‘Dreamings’ whose travels across the land and sea created the physical and social world that people now inhabit.
The Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of its creation, and it's great stories. The Dreamtime is the beginning of knowledge, from which came the laws of existence.The Aboriginal people believe that the earth and everything in it were made by their ancestral spirits. This is called the Dreamtime or the Dreaming. It was a time when the rivers, mountains, rocks, deserts and plants were made. The Dreamtime stories are an important part of the Aboriginal culture. The dreaming is the Aboriginals way of understanding the